A man charged in a fatal accident that killed a young dance teacher pleaded guilty in Johnson County Court.The prosecutor's office said Roy Lee Maney pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and failing to stop at the scene of a crash where someone died.Police said Maney was speeding away from officers in October 2013 when he rear-ended Tiffany Mogenson's stopped car at the intersection of 75th Street and Roe Avenue. He got out of his car and ran off after the crash, but he was later taken into custody.Police said Maney had been driving under the influence of alcohol.Mogenson's family members objected to the agreement, which allowed other charges in the case to be dropped. They said Maney should have faced trial on all of the charges against him."No sentence would really be fair or make us feel better, but we do just feel, like, disappointed," said Mogenson's sister, Stacey Chaloux. "We feel the defendant is not being held accountable for his actions." Sentencing is set for April 8.Mogenson, who was also a former Chiefs cheerleader, ran a dance studio in Blue Springs, Missouri. While her loved one don't think the system brought justice for Mogenson, they want to keep her passion alive through the students at The Pointe.Chaloux said she's proud that the studio is thriving, but the success is bittersweet."I can just see her presence here," she said. "It's so hard to watch them grow and become better dancers and that she's not getting to see the progress she started."Notes from Mogenson's students hang on the wall and trophies and awards are on prominent display. Chaloux said a dance scholarship has been created in her sister's memory to help spread the spirit beyond the studio."We want all dancers to feel her passion for dance and spread her name across the country," Chaloux said. "That's what Tiffany would have wanted, to keep this growing, this studio, for the future."Tiffany Mogenson Memorial Fund

KANSAS CITY, Mo. —

A man charged in a fatal accident that killed a young dance teacher pleaded guilty in Johnson County Court.

The prosecutor's office said Roy Lee Maney pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and failing to stop at the scene of a crash where someone died.

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Police said Maney was speeding away from officers in October 2013 when he rear-ended Tiffany Mogenson's stopped car at the intersection of 75th Street and Roe Avenue. He got out of his car and ran off after the crash, but he was later taken into custody.

Police said Maney had been driving under the influence of alcohol.

Mogenson's family members objected to the agreement, which allowed other charges in the case to be dropped. They said Maney should have faced trial on all of the charges against him.

"No sentence would really be fair or make us feel better, but we do just feel, like, disappointed," said Mogenson's sister, Stacey Chaloux. "We feel the defendant is not being held accountable for his actions."

Sentencing is set for April 8.

Mogenson, who was also a former Chiefs cheerleader, ran a dance studio in Blue Springs, Missouri. While her loved one don't think the system brought justice for Mogenson, they want to keep her passion alive through the students at The Pointe.

Chaloux said she's proud that the studio is thriving, but the success is bittersweet.

"I can just see her presence here," she said. "It's so hard to watch them grow and become better dancers and that she's not getting to see the progress she started."

Notes from Mogenson's students hang on the wall and trophies and awards are on prominent display. Chaloux said a dance scholarship has been created in her sister's memory to help spread the spirit beyond the studio.

"We want all dancers to feel her passion for dance and spread her name across the country," Chaloux said. "That's what Tiffany would have wanted, to keep this growing, this studio, for the future."